Embarrasment and disappointment in Sao Paulo

摘要

The longest-running international architecture exhibition of its kind, Sao Paulo's architecture biennale fought for attention and visitors this year with other, younger events in Rotterdam, Buenos Aires and Shenzhen/Hong Kong as well as festivals in Sydney and Barcelona.rnDon't worry if you didn't make it to Brazil: this incarnation of the Bienal (Portuguese for Biennale) was nothing short of an embarrassment.rnThe exhibition was loosely divided into four broad sub-themes/areas. On the ground floor, Spatiatity was a euphemism for ticket office, sponsor booths and a bookstore. In Connectivity, local institutional and governmental stands showed large-scale state-run projects.